Find Happiness 43: Inner Peace at the Beginning and End of Each Day

Let me say at the beginning that you should reside in your inner peace not only at the beginning and end of the day but during all the intervening hours as well. I plan to write several posts on those intervening hours, one for each profession; this “Beginning and End of the Day” post will apply to all professions, so I have decided to write it first and refer to it in the profession-by-profession posts that will follow.

Inner Peace at the Beginning of the Day

Positioning yourself in your inner peace should start first thing in the morning.

If you use a clock-radio, a good way to remember this is to tune your radio to an inspirational station.
If you use an alarm without a radio, or if you do not use an alarm at all, be sure that you have an inspirational picture or object in plain view when you open your eyes. Change the picture every week.
Then spend approximately 1 minute steadying yourself in your inner peace (earlier posts and my free course clearly instruct you on how to find it). Resolve that you will abide in that inner peace throughout the day, then proceed into your daily routine.

Inner Peace at the End of the Day

The day is over and you are in the process of lying down and going to sleep.

Sit on your bed and feel thankful to the Universe that you experienced another day.
Briefly dwell on the fact that at one time it will all be over. Try and imagine how your family, your favorite surroundings and your work will be taken from you at one point. Hope in your heart that you will be able to enjoy another day with all of them.
Spend around a minute focusing your attention on your state of inner peace and not paying attention to your thoughts and your environment.
Inhale and exhale three times, with exhalations taking twice as long as inhalations.
Lie down, allow thoughts to flow freely without interfering in them and drift off to sleep.

Start practicing these actions now. They will help you become aware of the ‘big picture’ of existence, an oft-ignored reality!

To your peaceful life,